Izet Rustemovych Hdanov (Ukrainian: Iзет Рустемович Гданов; born 16 September 1983) is a Ukrainian politician and activist[1] of Crimean Tatar ethnicity born to deported Crimean Tatars in the Soviet Uzbekistan.
Izet Hdanov | |
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Iзет Гданов | |
 Hdanov in 2023 | |
| Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea | |
Acting | |
| In office 2 December 2018 – 25 June 2019 | |
| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Borys Babin |
| Succeeded by | Anton Korynevych |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1983 Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) |
In 2006 Hdanov graduated from the National Academy of the State Tax Service of Ukraine.[2] In 2009–2011 he served as a deputy minister in the Crimean Government.[2] In 2012 Hdanov suffered an assassination attempt when two unknown younger people hit him on the head with a hammer.[2]
In 2015, Hdanov was among the leaders of an energy blockade with the Russian occupied Crimea.[3]
As a leader of the "Community council in Crimean affairs" and a representative of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People was very critical about former presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea Natalia Popovych.[4]
In 2017 he was appointed as the first deputy presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea. Following removal of Babin,[5] Hdanov ex officio acts as presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea.
On 8 April 2022, the Kyiv District Court of Simferopol sentenced Hdanov to 8 years in a strict regime colony for "participation in the activities of an illegal armed group operating on the territory of a foreign state for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation", accusing him of involvement in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion.[6]
References
edit- ^ Sumchenko, F. Izet Hdanov takes a lead (Изет Гданов выходит в лидеры). Monitor Yug. 10 October 2017
- ^ a b c In Crimea amidst a day was beaten a former deputy minister (В Крыму среди бела дня жестоко избили бывшего замминистра). Serhiy Kunitsyn press-service (by Segodnya). 13 August 2012
- ^ The blockade participants are claiming about disconnecting power supply to Crimea along the line Melitopol – Dzhankoy (Учасники блокади заявляють про відключення поставок електроенергії до Криму по лінії Мелітополь – Джанкой). Radio Liberty. 11 October 2015
- ^ Coworker of the office of Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea conducts himself inadequately (Сотрудник Представительства Президента в Крыму ведет себя неадекватно) Archived 8 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Antikor.
- ^ Ukase of the President of Ukraine No.405/2018. About firing of B.Babin from the post of Permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Про звільнення Б.Бабіна з посади Постійного Представника Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим). President of Ukraine. 2 December 2018
- ^ "Кого Росія внесла до чорного списку санкцій: всі імена - новости Украины, Політика - LIGA.net". 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
External links
edit- Management Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. Office of the Permanent representative of the President of Ukraine of the Autonomous Republic of Ukraine.
- Plamenev, V. Secrets of the Kherson farmstead. Part two: Henichesk commandos (Тайны Херсонского подворья. Часть вторая: Генические коммандос). Novosti Khersonschiny. 2018